Help starting an 2002 502

[Larry]

I was riding on Sunday and stoped to fill up with gas and when I went to start it......nothing. I used a screw driver and jumped the starter and it started. I got home and realized it's not the handlebar switch, because I can hear the small selinoid below the fuse block clicking when I push the start button. Any ideas wher I should start looking?

[AR]

I was riding on Sunday and stoped to fill up with gas and when I went to start it......nothing. I used a screw driver and jumped the starter and it started. I got home and realized it's not the handlebar switch, because I can hear the small selinoid below the fuse block clicking when I push the start button. Any ideas wher I should start looking?

If you used the screwdriver trick then the + connection is ok...I found my '-' battery terminal loose once that did exactly the same thing. I know its simple but thats me.

Rob.

[Tom]

is the neutral light working?

[zenbiker]

Very well could be the starter relay. The one near the fuse block. It's a $9 itemat any auto parts store. I've gone through two already...Joe

[hogv8]

Usually if you can hear or feel the starter relay clicking that means it and the connections to it are working and the problem is in your starter solenoid , starter solenoid connections or the starter motor . If the starter relay is clicking I'd say the problem is your starter solenoid or the connections on the solenoid .

Jack

[Larry]

It was the small square starter relay back by the fuse block. It clicked when I pushed the start button, I had voltage on the input side but nothing on the output side. I changed it and it started right up. Thanks for the help.

[AR]

Haha..Joe wins!

we should have a reward system in place for those smartarses that nail the mechanical diagnosis and helps a bro get his bike back on the road. I think something like a can of Jack n' Coke (which is our official drink when we are on tour) complete with 'V8Bikers.net' sticker delivered to the 'smartarses' mailbox . Would have to be initiated and sponsored by the beneficary via say a $5 paypal ping and the rebel corporation will do the rest.

watch this space!

[AR]

Very well could be the starter relay. The one near the fuse block. It's a $9 itemat any auto parts store. I've gone through two already...Joe

Joe,

I know I've seen your list of improves somewhere but what did you do to your fan to make it black...paint or the unpainted cast black. Jack D did his in a paint finish which looked great of course but I'm looking at all the options.

Thanks,

Rob.

[zenbiker]

Hi Rob
That's my stock black plastic fan that I've had since I bought the bike as a new 2000. Never changed it because it has always worked fine. Are black fans no longer available? I hate that "Plastichrome" junk. I've never seen one that doesn't chip or peel in time especially since it is in the way of all kinds of flying debris...Joe

[AR]

ha..didnt know the 2000's had black plastic fan, you learn something everyday and yes an untreated black fan is still available as i was looking at them yesterday.

Thanks.

Rob.